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October 01, 2013

Airborne 10.01.13: Orbital Docks, SpaceX Launches Upgraded Falcon9, Global R66s

Also: Honeywell Displays Suspect, Big 737MAX Order, Baker Follow-Up, Capt. Kirk v Branson

After a week's delay in orbit due to software hiccups, Orbital's Cygnus vehicle successfully docked at the ISS. The station's Expedition 37 crew reported the spacecraft -- loaded with about 1,300 pounds of cargo -- berthed Sunday morning at 8:44 a.m. EDT, following an 11-day journey to the orbiting laboratory. And a little closer to earth, at least for a little while, a much modified version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched at Noon Sunday from Vandenberg AFB along the coast of California. A more larger powerful version of the now-experienced Falcon 9 launch vehicle p

"Orbital joins SpaceX in fulfilling the promise of American innovation to maintain America's leadership in space. The international crews aboard the station are working hard on the science and technology demonstrations to help us reach new destinations, and the expanded cargo transportation capability Orbital has now demonstrated strengthens that work." Source: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

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